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Canadians waiting for the BlackBerry Torch have heard hints of a September 15 presale on Rogers, but they’ve just gone official with a September 24 launch date, and $199 pricetag on a three-year contract. Telus was supposedly launching the BlackBerry Torch on September 16, and Bell will probably offer it around the same time. Here’s…
You either love Swype, or you hate it. It doesn’t seem like there is much of a gray area with the text-entry application that lets you swipe your finger across letters instead of typing them out, one by one. The software then predicts words, with some great accuracy, or gives options of adding or learning…
Naguib Sawiris, executive chairman of Orascom and majority investor in Wind Mobile, had some salty things to say about Canadian wireless and the three carriers that currently rule it in a recent interview. Sawiris says not only that Rogers, Bell and Telus are “a joke” and that he wouldn’t invest in them for being big…
With the 2010-2011 NFL season coming up on us fast (first games this weekend me thinks!?) there’s still time to load up and try out new Fantasy Football apps on your device of choice. If BlackBerry is your thing, Yahoo! has just released the 2010 Yahoo! Fantasy Football Launcher for your device. Nothing too fancy…
Ever stayed at a Starwood Hotel or Resort? If so, you’re probably well aware of the awesome accommodations available…If you’re a regular guest, booking and managing your SPG account is about to get a lot easier. That is, if you have a BlackBerry in-hand. Keep reading and I’ll get to the point, I swear. Over…
Boost Mobile, part of Sprint’s pre-paid division, is now offering an unlimited plan for just $2 a day. This means that for the cost of a small coffee at a boutique cafe, you’ll get unlimited calls, texts, picture messages, e-mail access and calls to 411. This is probably a good deal if you find yourself…
BlackBerry Curve 3G owners are no doubt enjoying their new devices. While a shiny new Berry in-the-hand is always a good thing, I have a feeling many 9300 owners would be tickled pink of OS 6 was on board… well… unfortunately that’s not what this leak is all about. Sorry. Yesterday I noticed that 5.0.0.912…
The Motorola DEFY is, as far as I’m aware, the first ruggedized Android device. Shipping with Android 2.1 in Europe in Q4 for an as yet to be determined price, the DEFY has a 1540 mAh battery to let you go hiking, cycling, or whatever sport you like to do, without having to worry about…
Nokia’s E72, the successor to the much loved E71, just got a firmware upgrade and with it brings compatibility with Office 2007 files, a newer version of the browser, and an update to the built in music player. If you have the E72 then hook it up to your PC and download the Software Updater.…
The Motorola Droid, the device that launched Verizon’s highly successful counterattack to Apple and AT&T’s plans for world domination, went on sale across Europe and Asia as the Milestone. It thus doesn’t take a genius to guess what the Droid 2 is going to be called then when it’s on store shelves in the UK,…